Grade 1 winner and Gainesway freshman sire Drain the Clock was represented by his first stakes winner Oct. 16 when Drain the Shot earned a maiden-breaking win in the $76,000 Oklahoma Classics Juvenile Stakes at Remington Park.
In this week's On Racing, Steve Cauthen's best finish in the Breeders' Cup as a jockey was a second-place effort in the 1985 Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T). This year, as racing manager for Dixiana Farm, he hopes to secure an elusive Breeders' Cup win.
Mill Ridge Farm announced Oct. 16 the 2027 stud fees for its three stallions, led by Oscar Performance who will remain at $60,000. Casa Creed will stand for a fee of $7,500, while freshman sire Aloha West will stand for a private treaty.
More encouraging figures through two days of Book 3 took the entirety of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale to a new record for turnover of nearly $300 million.
The Maryland Million Joe Kelly Unsung Hero Award is presented annually to individuals whose contributions and characteristics are extremely valuable, but generally go unrecognized. Karen Keener and Robert Coe have been selected to receive the award.
Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Napoleon Solo turned in another breeze on the Belmont Park main track Friday, Oct. 16 ahead of the Breeders' Cup Oct. 31 at Keeneland, covering a solo half-mile in 48.63 seconds shortly after 5:30 a.m. ET.
On Oct. 16, a number of horses aimed for the Breeders' Cup at Keeneland breezed over the fast main track in Lexington. They included dual classic winner Golden Tempo, multiple grade 1 winner Englishman, and grade 1 winner The Puma.
Kalpana is bidding to make history with an unprecedented hat trick in the British Champions Fillies and Mares Stakes (G1) Oct. 17 at Ascot Racecourse, which is likely to be the final race of her career.
Father-and-son training partners Tony and Calvin McEvoy acknowledge the task their star stayer Half Yours faces when he bids to defend his Caulfield Cup (G1) crown Oct. 17, but are facing the challenge head on.